from MARIA MACHARIA in Nairobi, Kenya NAIROBI  – PREPARATIONS for the Connected East African Conference are underway. The seventh edition of the event previously known as Connected Kenya is scheduled for March 30 to April 2 in Diani, Kwale County. In tandem with the agenda, the theme this year is, “Integration: […]

PRETORIA  – THE information and communications technology sector (ICT) holds the key to South Africa’s economic growth and the creation of thousands of jobs, a senior ruling party official said. African National Congress (ANC) Secretary-General, Gwede Mantashe, was speaking at the end of the party’s first National Executive Committee (NEC) Lekgotla […]

JOHANNESBURG – LOCAL information and telecommunications experts projected public Wi-Fi installations to grow by more than 100 percent in Africa. Dennis Magaya, Chief Executive Officer of Rubie Technologies, said this rollout would further accelerate the demand for social media. The predictions were in line with global recent global research, which […]